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Haha nope, hasn't been mentioned yet so thanks for the tip. I'm not planning on filling it that much where a blow-off would be necessary. As long as I have a few inches of headroom (I'm using a bucket FYI) I should be good with just an airlock, right?

Semi related question, I was listening to a podcast yesterday and they said something that made it sound like the gravity increases during the boil, but that sounds wrong to me. They were talking about an all grain brew and I have no experience and fairly limited knowledge about the process, so...

Yeah I've only got a 5 gallon kettle currently, so I'm going to do a 2.5-3 gallon boil with top up water later to prevent a boilover

Haha yeah true, I'll probably just fill as high as I can without risking it overflowing

When you're talking about the sugar you're just taking about adding it before bottling to carb it, right? Or do you actually add it in the boil with the LME?

During the boil is there any need to monitor the temperature if you're not steeping grains? I know to take off the heat when adding the LME so it doesn't scorch, but other than that can I just let it boil away?

Yep, I had thought about the volume loss a little and was planning on having 6 gallons of water available. Was probably going to do about a 3 gallon boil and then just add whatever's needed to the fermenter to get it up to 5 gallons.

Yep, only doing a 5 gallon batch. I ended up buying more LME, so I'm up to 11.3 lbs now. If my numbers are right that should get me up to about 1.080 OG and should hopefully be a little more balanced with the large amount of hops. This is my first attempt at brewing something I created so I'm...

Yeah I was thinking it'd me something higher than that at first and then realized not after running the numbers again. Maybe I'll add more malt. If I buy another can and for some reason decide not to open it or open it and use some of it, how long would that stay good for? Would refrigeration...

Haha maybe next time

Have not tried that one, I'll check it out. Thanks!

Anyone know of good Homebrewing podcasts? I've listened to a couple, but nothing too great. Wondering if there are any good ones out there.

Well I was able to find some more WLP008, so mixing strains is no longer an issue. However, I'd still be interested to know if anyone has any experience with it. 11 lbs of LME probably won't happen for me on this brew, but I may steal that hop schedule. Thanks for the help!

sorry if this is a repeat, i don't think my first attempt posted... I'm prepping for my first non-prepackaged brew (still extract brew) and I have a few questions. I finished reading how to brew and figured I'd give creating a recipe a shot, so I have a loose recipe for a NE style IPA. My...